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Had a bit of time today to do a couple of modifications to the blade. ive dropped the mounting and cut a piece out of the top of the blade, now it lifts higher and has given me 4" of ground clearance which is double what i had. the blade is still 5 1/2" wide in the middle which is plenty

Afternoon all, for one reason and another progress as been a bit slow again but as long as something is happening then the build is going in the right direction.. The frame now has a removable member to aid getting the engine out when needs be. A close up of the joins that only need a little tidying up. The plan was to get MadTrax off the bench so I could have a seat to feel how she felt at ground level, the pull the engine out so the frame could be fully welded in the places the engine wouldn't let me reach... Well that was the plan.. Off the bench she came.. As you can see from the above photo's there is something missing from the front end to balance it out looks wise. Nigel and I had been wondering what could be done to even it out until I dug out the big army type spot lamp, gave it a very quick coat of black and hung it off the front with a bit of welding wire... Yep, just the ticket and about the right size compared to the fuel tank This bracket used to hold the front bodywork/bull bar but not only was it not needed it also looked ugly! So it was cut out and replaced by some more steel tube.. That looks better The front two tubes were left open from the factory which didn't look right, so I extended them down into a point.. Much better.. The welds will be ground down when MadTrax goes back up on the bench. The big lamp was mounted using a bracket at the top which bolts onto the head stock. And a smaller one at the bottom which will look better with a little trimming to shape. And that chaps brings this build thread up to date again other than I like the look from this angle sooo much I'm going to put the pic up again

If I split them i'll have twice as many, then they wont all go in the shed

You've not split them. You'd get more in if you did.

What is a lift lever, . I don't seem to have one on any of my models.

Neat mod, Chris. May do that myself. How's the lift lever position when down?

In spite of the dire warnings of gales and rain I set off with car and trailer to Puckington, expecting to be towed through the gate. But no problem, the ground was hard ad dry! Set up tent next to Charlie Moore and Breeze and I got our heads down. Windy and drizzle on Saturday but all tents survived....

Earlier this week I got round to painting the wheel weights I bought off Charlie earlier this year, I have decided to put these wheel weights on because they are cub cadet ones, the ones that came with my tractor will be painted white so some one else in the family can use them on their tractor.

For an event that's only four years old, that's fantastic Kev. Well done to all you organisers.

These Bolens are white in colour but often unsympathetically repainted in red and blue and sometime orange Not sure about the plough set up as I couldn't make it out in the photos but no matter I will know more when I collect it soon......

Photos from Viking; thanks! This is a HT20 Large Frame Bolens.